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Parliamentary Panel Pushes for Affordable Cancer Insurance

Parliamentary Panel Pushes for Affordable Cancer Insurance

"This expansion of regulatory oversight is essential to containing insurer costs and making cancer insurance products...

21 Aug 2025 11:23 AM IST

Cops Take Cleanliness Pledge, Curb Plastic Use

Cops Take Cleanliness Pledge, Curb Plastic Use

Speaking on the occasion, sub- inspector T. Lakshmi emphasised the importance of cleanliness for public health, stating...

16 Aug 2025 7:45 PM IST

Everyone Must Act to Build Plastic-Free Society: NTR Collector

Everyone Must Act to Build Plastic-Free Society: NTR Collector

The “Swarna Andhra–Swachha Andhra” programme was held at Peddavaram in Nandigama mandal on Saturday to raise awareness...

20 July 2025 1:19 AM IST

Hyderabad: Street Tattoos Thrive amid Health Risks

Hyderabad: Street Tattoos Thrive amid Health Risks

At present, India has no law or licensing requirement specifically governing the tattoo industry. In February this year,...

6 Jun 2025 8:55 PM IST

Sitting For Long Hours May Shrink Your Brain

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Sitting For Long Hours May Shrink Your Brain

Extended sitting reduces blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients to the brain, weakening cell connections and shrinking the...

16 May 2025 6:21 PM IST

Hyderabad Witnesses Launch of India’s Most Advanced Gamma Knife Centre for Non-Invasive Brain Treatment

Hyderabad Witnesses Launch of India’s Most Advanced Gamma Knife Centre...

Gamma Knife treatment is proving to be a game-changer for patients with brain metastases—cancer that has spread to the...

15 May 2025 10:04 PM IST

TGMC Cracks Down on Unqualified Medical Practitioners in Sangareddy

TGMC Cracks Down on Unqualified Medical Practitioners in Sangareddy

Officials noted that such practices not only violate legal norms but also pose a severe risk to public health. Some...

11 May 2025 2:00 AM IST

The forum agreed that spraying of pesticide had damaged crop and ordered compensation based on loss to average yield of maize crop per acre to the four farmers who approached it. (Representational image)

Global Call to Ban Chlorpyrifos Gains Momentum Ahead of Geneva Summit

Criticising political resistance to pesticide regulation, Jago Wadley of PAN UK added, “Countries must stop blocking...

24 April 2025 1:03 AM IST

Tech accessories for this World Health Day. (Photo: Pixabay)

Health Day celebrations on April 7

Dr K. Srinath Reddy, a distinguished professor at the Public Health Foundation of India, will deliver the Prof. V....

3 April 2025 11:53 PM IST

Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day commemorated Sunday, UNAIDS is urging countries to step up action to meet the 2020 target of reducing TB deaths among people living with HIV.

Telangana Steps Up Fight Against TB

"These districts have surpassed 100 per cent screening coverage among vulnerable populations," said Dr A Rajesham, Joint...

23 March 2025 9:45 PM IST

SC examines hazardous waste disposal from Bhopal Gas Tragedy near Indore

SC examines hazardous waste disposal from Bhopal Gas Tragedy near...

The top court seeks responses from the Centre and Madhya Pradesh government over health risks posed by toxic waste...

17 Feb 2025 5:41 PM IST

Nearly everyone in world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk

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Nearly everyone in world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to...

Air pollutants often come from people burning things: Fuels such as coal, natural gas, diesel and gasoline for...

13 Feb 2025 9:41 AM IST